The New Paper, 13 June 1999

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  • NEWS
    • 563 2  -  David Lim: He should go. THAT CRUCIAL EVEREST DECISION By Calvin Low A SINGAPOREAN would have been one of two Everest heroes if not for a dramatic objection by 12 Sherpas. It was the Sherpas' dramatic intervention one day before the final ascent to
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    • 102 2 WHY did the Sherpas object to his selection? He said he had two run-ins with them. The rescue of a Spanish woman member of another team. "I knew that I wouldn't have been fit enough to abseil down with her, so I asked two of our
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    • 100 2 IS Dr Robert Goh bitter about being robbed of being the first Singaporean to conquer Mount Everest? "No, I don't think I've been robbed of the chance," he said last night. "Having been to the South Summit of Everest (8750m, just 100m short of Everest)
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    • 526 3  -  Q So, who is calling her the prettiest Malay? By Woon Wui Tek THE barbed challenges keep coming. "So many people demand to know, 'How dare you call yourself the most beautiful Malay woman?'," chuckled Malaysian newscaster Normala Shamsuddin, 35. The truth is, this bubbly
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    • 139 3 TRADITIONAL TIPS NORMALA strives to "look glowing" though she says she doesn't quite glow as much as she would like to. As a kampung girl, she picked up traditional Malay beauty tips from her mother, who had to bring up five children. "She taught me how to
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    • 2685 4  -  money family money on my money from Wm everyone Hugh on his credit .a. I r^rHc H life ■fan "v. i' by Calvin Low calvin@sph.com. if HUGH is taking a big risk in sharing his story. But he wants you to know about something called "emotional blackmail". If,
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    • 1572 6  -  World of difference between the two, but... 80/, I I, complains of stomach ache I Parents take him to clinic, then to hospital Fourdays and many doctors later, he dies Reports/ Crispina Robert Appendicitis, said the doctor at the clinic. Appendicitis needing surgery,
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    • 99 6 GASTRIC PAIN: A feeling of pressure or fullness below the diaphragm but above the navel in the middle of the belly. Usually due to too much gastric acid or indigestion. But can be a sign of ulcer disease or even stomach cancer or gallstones. APPENDICITIS: Inflammation of
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    • 452 7  -  By Calvin Low WHAT does self-esteem have to do with the size of a young girl's breasts? Everything, it seems. And it ought to be discussed, not wished away. So say teen counsellors. And our readers. They were reacting to a 15-year-old girl's appeal for help.
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    • 243 7 THE concern girls feel about their changing bodies is not restricted to Asians even the bigger-built Caucasian in Western societies is subject to just doubts. Writer/director Tamara Jenkins used the movie The Slums of Beverly Hills as her vehicle to showcase such a problem in American
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  • NEWS
    • 198 9 THE life of a 17-year-old girl was cut short on Friday. But her death will brighten the lives of up to eight people thanks to the miracle of organ transplant surgery. At 10.45 am, first-year ITE student Koh Swee Teng was hit by a car.
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    • 439 10 WHAT would you do if your weight went up by nearly 10 kilogrammes in just one year? Impossible? Look at this girl. She has been putting on nearly eight kilos a year. Elfira Sulastri Jufri is only seven years old. And her weight? 61kg.
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    • 596 11  -  By Ernest Luis SOME say most Singaporeans are selfish. Others say they may be shy or tired. In a letter to The Straits Times, Mrs Michell Hui said she is five months pregnant but has yet to be offered a seat on the MRT. A reader,
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    • 223 11 I used to worry that if I gave my seat up, people might think I'm a "ya-ya" (show-off). It's the "malu"(shy) factor, too what if someone else offers the seat as I get up?... Since I went overseas to study, I have changed my thinking. MrIvanLeong,31,
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    • 538 12  -  COMMENT/ Crispina Robert HAVE you ever read something that made you angry? It rarely happens to me. But it did last week. Ms Caroline Tan Sok Ngee wrote to The Straits Times Forum Page to explain why some people don't give up their MRT seats. Ms
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    • Article, Illustration
      422 13  -  Boy, 15, molests four women. In court, his parents are devastated. Boy, 16, steals two cars. In court, his parents are shocked. HOW CAN YOU TELL? BY Augustine Pang KNOW your children. Know the tell-tale signs. Most parents think they know what their children are up to. But
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    • 463 13  -  By Woon Wui Tek SURE, Wilson Tan is "mischievous". But a car thief? Never. Or so his parents, Mr and Mrs Sim Kee Kuan, thought. Ater a bizarre series of events, it emerged that their teenage son had made
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    • 30 13 You're lucky. If I were your father, I wouldn't think you were worth $10,000. Your father really values you District Court judge Daniel Koh to Wilson Sim
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    • 317 14 WILSON Sim might never have been caught for theft had he not made one small mistake. On Dec 16 at about 9.40 pm, he had met up with a new-found friend, Ricky Tay, in Hougang. According to the statement of facts read out in court, Tay
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    • 71 14 WILSON Sim pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a motor vehicle. On May 20, he was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to perform 120 hours of community work. His father, Mr Sim Kee Kuan, was bonded for $10,000 to ensure Wilson's good behaviour. Wilson
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    • Article, Illustration
      540 15 LEE Yipeng is 16. He's albino and he has what is called Asperger's Syndrome. It is a mild form of autism. What it also means is that he needs much more attention from his parents as he runs that extra mile. And, when both are working, that could
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    • 361 15 CANCER. The mere mention of the word is enough to scare. About seven years ago, Singaporeans woke up to the news that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had cancer. He was 40. BG Lee saw a battle ahead and he rose to fight
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  • EXPAT
    • 580 16  -  By Simon Hoff PSSST! Come a little closer, please. I want to tell you a secret. Are you sure there's nobody reading this over your shoulder on the bus? Okay then. After years of desperate searching, I have found some space in built-up and crowded Singapore. But
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    • 59 16 If you are into running or walking, or if you merely want to get away from the crowds, here are a few other pleasant places you may want to check out: Botanic Gardens MacRitchie Reservoir Bishan Park (between Bishan Road and Ang Mo Kio Ave 1) East Coast Parkway
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    • 54 16 Have you found a place in crowded Singapore where you can retreat to? A place which reminds you of home? Do drop us a line or call at: Augustine Pang (august®sph.com.sg) The Expat Page Coordinator The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Times House Singapore *****5
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  • @ A GLANCE In Indonesia:
    • 361 17 Reuters IN politics, even your enemies can become your bedfellows. Indonesia is no exception. With no party likely to win a majority in Monday's election and with the likelihood of a coalition government very obvious, the hunt by parties for partners is on. As of yesterday,
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    • 148 17 INFOCUS SO what is the hot topic for the inter-ministerial committee on ageing? CPF of course. But the committee has not come up with any firm proposals on the matter, committee chairman Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. "Nothing has been finalised yet. All we do know
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    • Article, Illustration
      25 17 Singapore Post raised the issue off lost cheques to make the point that the postal service is sometimes wrongly accused of bad service.
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    • 80 17 HEAR THE MUSIC: It's a music marathon at Suntec City. The two-day Singapore Symphony Orchestra event will showcase talented amateur musicians. Limited-edition collar pins and umbrellas will be given away for minimum donations of $5 and $25 respectively. It's on from 10am to 10pm today. HEAR THE
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 84 17 A Russian Sukhoi-30 fighter-bomber crashed during a demonstration flight at the Le Bourget air show in France yesterday. The aircraft was flying low when its tail apparently scraped the ground as the pilots tried to gain height. The pilots ejected at 200 feet, officials said.
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      • 94 17 MORE batches of soft drinks from drinks giant Coca-Cola have been cleared from shop shelves in Belgium. Coca-Cola's Belgian unit, which had already recalled 2.5 million bottles of Coke, told retailers to withdraw all cans of Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola light, Fanta and Sprite with the production codes DU, DV
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      • Article, Illustration
        76 17 COE prices are up, but car prices are down. Lower registration and additional registration fees and a cut in customs duty mean savings of around $4,000 for mid-sized cars such as the Toyota Corolla and Nissan Sunny. And the fall in loan interest rates mean about $10,000 in
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      • 71 17 Rotary International hopes to have wiped out polio by the end of next year. If no case shows up by 2003, it can certify by 2005 that polio is indeed dead. So it will step up efforts in the Indian sub-continent and western Africa. Polio is a
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      • 63 17 HONGKONG will have special laws to allow mainland children of Hongkong permanent residents, including those born out of wedlock, to migrate to Hongkong. The government will enact the laws after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress makes an interpretation of the Basic Law's provisions on
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    • 159 17 as well. Just bring the whole family for a celebration at the River Palace, and we'll provide a complimentary night's stay. (A) Set Menu for 4 68+++ Set Menu for 6 $118+++ p(C) Set Menu for 8-10 $218+++ $300+++ y* Guests who book one table of menu (C) will get
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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  • THE WEEK
    • 439 18  -  Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, Richard Koong, a public relations consultant, offers his personal view of the news Guest editor RICHARD KOONG THIS story still rings in my mind: The
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    • 202 18  -  By Loo Teck Hai FOR many long years, creative standards in the advertising industry were set and jealously guarded by Western expats. They rolled into Singapore a long time ago to capture the profitable communications market. Locals were once mainly employed to run the daily operations. Locals
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  • NEWS
    • 295 20 ▼Legalise homosexuality? Source: Bernama. SO says Malaysian minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, of a suggestion by a New York-based human rights organisation. Human Rights Watch for Asia director Sidney Jones said Malaysia should scrap its laws on unnatural sex as they flout the rights of
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    • Article, Illustration
      455 21  -  ,w\ n Anwar sodomy case judge is By Augustine Pang JUST a week into former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, High Court judge Datuk Ariffin Jaka has shown he means business. Mean business. The former lawyer, 60, has no qualms about ticking off any Malaysian court
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    • 102 21 DATUK Ariffin was born in Negri Sembilan. He was educated in Britain and became a Barrister at Law of Lincoln's Inn in London. In 1970, he joined the judicial and legal services. During his tenure, he held various appointments: President of the Sessions Court; a senior assistant
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    • 59 21 JUDGE Ariffin, who is more known as a civil court judge, also heard the firearms charge against Anwar's former tennis partner, S Nallakaruppan. Nallakaruppan, who claimed trial to the Internal Security Act charge of possessing 125 rounds of ammunition, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing bullets under the Firearms
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    • 404 22 WAS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born a genius? The 18th Century Austrian composer began his career as a child prodigy. He wrote hundreds of pieces of music, and if you listen to some of them, you'll think the notes just poured out of his mind
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 228 20 I Be the first 50 readers to produce this advertisement today I I at Ocean Palace Chinese Restaurant and receive a I I Mongolian Rock Rica DiimpHng each worth $16.80 I I ABSOLUTELY FREE I I I Celebrale the traditional rice dumpling festival with The New Paper on Sunday and
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    • 133 21 A Nonya Feast y° u wouldn't want to miss! A Nonya fever returns to the Coffee Lounge from 1 to 27 June! 1 '*1 Our chefs have once again whipped up a dazzling range of iFy' "CvxtflA delectable Peranakan delicacies. Feast on our popular lunch specials like Mee Siam or
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    • 124 22 Assurance From DUMEX Dumex Singapore assures all consumers that the following products are 100% sourced from New Zealand. Thus, these Dumex products are not affected by the ban on European Union dairy products and are of the Highest Quality For Safe Consumption: Dumex Infant Formula (Step 1) Dumex Follow-up Formula
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  • Cookiejar THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKING TIPS
    • 333 24  -  Edited by Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg WHAT with all the food scares going on, it's time to do a check on what exactly are we feeding ourselves and our kids. Are you the type of mother who insists on cooking everything junior eats? Or
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    • Cookies
      • 73 24 YOU need to worry about farm-bred fish which may have been given medication like antibiotics. There's no sure way to find out whether they have been given medication. The best thing to do is to buy deep-sea fish which cannot be bred. They have a lesser chance
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      • 42 24 BUY free range chicken from the US. These birds have been allowed to move freely on a farm, eating whatever they want. They are not bred in tight boxes being fed all day until they are ripe for slaughter.
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      • 65 24 ITS difficult to find out how much pesticide was used. As a precaution wash all fruits well, scrub with a clean brush, then leave soaking in a tub of water if you want to eat the skins. You can always peel fruits to be extra safe. As
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      • 54 24 AGAIN it's difficult to tell how much pesticide was used. So wash carefully before eating. For vegetables used in Chinese cooking, chances are the pesticides would be broken down by the heat. But if vegetables are used fresh for Western-style salads, give them a good wash
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      • 67 24 I WOULD recommend making your own bread. That way you can make sure no preservatives are used. It's possible to make bread with very little hassle with the new breed of bread-making machines. I use Zorjirushi which makes it so easy. All you need are the basic
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      • 32 24 IN lieu of butter, you can always use olive oil. I It's healthier and does not come from cows whose feeds can get contaminated with horrible chemical by-products like dioxin.
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  • 627 25  -  Chip CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE SUDGET-CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong canol@sph.ccxn.sg LET me try to charm you. jJ Have you ever heard of Bach Flower Remedies? M No? I first heardjfcout them seven years ago and was Jjl rij-iued. It workson humans
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 169 26 I HAVE known J for almost three years. Recently, both her parents were hospitalised for some illness. Thus, she resigned from her office job and worked in a karaoke lounge. I do not mind as I understand that she needs the money very badly
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    • 171 26 I'M 23 years old. The problem with me is that I like to be alone. Whenever family members or friends chat or discuss things, I keep quiet or isolate myself. It is not that I can't talk. I just feel that I can't speak
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    • 198 26 I HAVE a very good friend whom I met two years ago. We are now 13 and are in the same school and Secondary I class. She was a very bright girl until last year, when she quarelled with another friend. After that, she became
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    • 922 27 ONE of my best friends recently confessed to me that she had sex with her colleague. My best friend is 20 and her colleague is 28. She considers this colleague a friend. I do not know how long they have known each other (I think it is
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 241 27 I WOULD like to ask Q whether there are any after-effects of masturbation or sexual intercourse like, for example, weak legs? Can HIV be transmitted through masturbation? I still have a desire to look at girls or touch them a few days after masturbating. Is
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      • 221 27 01 AM 17, male, and I have a habit of masturbating almost daily. But I have noticed a discharge of sticky liquid after urination. The liquid is not smelly and I can't confirm its colour, because very little is produced. I don't feel any
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 103 26 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fox to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap. Counsellors: Mr Danny Ng t psychologist,
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 141 28 Her letter published in Aggie last week: 32 readers react over 15-year-old girl's plea for a solution to her "teasing" problem I'M a 15-year-old girl. I'm quite friendly. I like to joke with friends and I can take jokes too. But there's one problem that has been
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    • Readers reply:
      • 227 29 PERSONALITY-WISE, I'm just like you I'm very friendly and I love to joke. Physically, I'm not as lucky as you. Well, I'm 35 years old (20 years older than you are) and I stand at 1.62 m, weigh 65 kg and am wearing bras that could fit
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      • 237 29 ALTHOUGH I'm 18 and you're 15, we have one thing in common. I have big breasts, too. I know how you feel because I have been through that phase. I think I can offer you some help. Firstly, you must learn to love your body. Everyone
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      • 97 29 I'M a guy and hope you will hear me out. For us guys, the first things we see when we look at women are either their faces or their breasts. Maybe it's because of our hormones. Since you've got such big ones, guys can't help but ogle
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      • 163 29 I THINK that you should NOT be ashamed. Instead, you should be really PROUD. Friends who make fun of your breasts are really not your friends. They are just immature and juvenile The girls are just plain jealous of what you've got. And the boys er...
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      • 313 29 LOVING yourself and learning to love your body is very important. Like you, I have big breasts. When I was in Secondary 1,1 already wore a size 36 Cup-B bra. Worse, I'm short and plump. So my classmates, especially the guys, loved making fun of them. They even
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    • 265 29 HUMAN breasts are unique in the animal kingdom. And women in the most developed of countries are artificially enhancing their purported role and purpose at an ever younger age. Human females are said to be the only mammals who have breasts even though they do not produce milk
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  • Article, Illustration
    698 30 i SO Ricky Martin is the latest spanky-toy-hug-honey-love-god from the land of the Latinos. Girlfriends swear the sight of Ricky's revolving butt in leather pants is enough to make any woman from Lian to Bibik dry-mouthed and wet-lipped. But I was unmoved. To all who insist that Latino
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 856 31 n Vv I m rvtodaj 7.00 AM StoHes from My Childhood Turn /Hallo Spenser Ik I 8.00 Darkwing Duck/Disney's Quack 11IXI World This Week ***<•< 1 Channel 8, I pm 9.00 Extreme Dinosaurs/Disney's Doug i.L p Jus t 30 m/nuteS Ond I'll be Updated With interesting global I 0.00 Newton's
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  • SingleColumn
    • 598 32  -  by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg I CONFESS. I have a secret desire I've always wanted to have my own place. Like most singles in Singapore, I live with my parents in a Housing Board flat. So when I read that the outgoing Minister
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    • 344 32 "I'm pro-family and believe that being together with your family is good for your general well-being. However, I'm also for singles having the freedom to own their own quarters. There will be a time in your life when you need to learn to live on your own either
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  • 619 33  - Episode One: The Phantom Manis Starring Ja Kumar JA WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Jacintha Abisheganaden I HAD a dream. I was the heroine of an Asian epic called "The Phantom Manis." In it, I play a ghost. I live in the computer of the villain, one Dark Vederuppan, played
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  • Interview
    • 479 34 Here's what YOU want to ask our New Faces. This year, YVONNE LIM invites readers to play reporter in our New Face on Sunday series. Here's our first finalist, part-time model Vivian Chia, 21 Jervy n Koo, 16, a student: If you can kiss anyone in the
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    • 80 34 ASK the week's best question, and you could win the new Ericsson T18 handphone, worth $568. Eleven more phones from Ml are up for grabs one for each Q A with a New Face finalist. We will unveil one girl every Monday. Send in your questions
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  • Venue JET, SET, GO
    • 388 35  -  ®il FUJI FILM Are you the type who insists on squeezing every bit out of your annual leave? This week, we show you how make the most of your vacation taking some classes along with some of the sights. All M so you can get the
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    • 167 35 Boxing: Put a kick in it HOW do you burn calories from the rich tom-yam dish and pick up an ancient Thai sport? Take up Muay Thai, better known as Thai kickboxing, which is taught at The Muay Thai Institute in Thailand. Accredited with the Thai Ministry of Education,
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    • 149 35 Rafting: Down the river REMEMBER Meryl Streep braving the treacherous river waters in The River Wild? You, too, can learn to raft, but amidst the calm settings of the Ganges and other rivers in India. Stay at the Leopard Beach Tented Camp or the Snow Leopard Adventure Centre at
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    • 168 35 Language: Live French SO you speak little or no French? The best way to learn is to live, eat and talk to the French. Stay in the centre of Paris and study at the Ecole De Langue Francaise Pour Etrangers (Elfe). This is a private school recognised by the
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    • 138 35 Art: Paint with flair JOIN an art class in a Mexican market or village. Capture the colours of the rich landscape. The country provides loads of inspiration. Take a lesson or two from teacher Liliana Mercenario-Pomerry, who has exhibited widely throughout Mexico. You'll get to go to the local
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    • 280 35 |Tlue&eh?J Your most persistent fan... "I was performing at a factory dinner-and-dance in Johor Baru last year when a female fan in her 20s came up to me and hugged me. Usually, I would not mind but she refused to let go and even grabbed my shoulder and leaned on
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  • SHARP
    • 183 36  -  Top 10 reasons to watch by CHAN SEET FUN and ERNEST LUIS 1. You're sick and tired of people asking you: "So, have you watched Star Wars?" 2. You're dying to see the rude-sounding planet "Naboo". 3. You want to check out the Jedi
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    • 139 37 1. No need for your contribution. George Lucas is rich enough. 2. When R2D2 said, "You're naked! Your parts are showing!", he was only referring to C3P0. 3. Tickets are too easy to book no challenge. 4. You missed the trilogy, so why start
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    • 216 37  -  Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times (internet edition): "As surely as Anakin Skywalker points the way into the future of Star Wars, so does The Phantom Menace raise the curtain on this new freedom for filmmakers. And it's a lot of fun.
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    • 252 36 SHARP Sharp Minds, Sharp Products. A History of Firsts Mass production of TV Mass production of Mass production of Development and mass Hayakawa Electric Development of world s sets to coincide with colour TV sets Colour microwave ovens. production of the Industry Co Ltd officially Ist LCD calculator. Japan's Ist
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      • 287 40  -  By Yong Shu Hoong shyong@singnetcom.sg www.irongiant.com TIRED of all the hullabaloo surrounding Star Wars' over-hyped Episode 1? Then focus instead on what could be this year's sleeper hit The Iron Giant. This as-yet-little-known movie has already begun stirring up interest among animation lovers, with
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        199 40 www.androidworld.com WELCOME to Android World, a site devoted entirely to the adoration and awe of androids. On this site, you can find images of androids (simply defined as "robots that look like humans"), information about android projects around the world, plus interesting links. Listed on the site are
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      • 167 40 DEATH needn't always be morbid. Circulating via e-mail is this compilation of actual epitaphs found on gravestones in the US or in England. In an English cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Memory of an accident
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        241 40 POPULAR cartoon South Park is not even telecast in Singapore, but strangely, the series has attracted a cult following here as seen by a recent discussion in the soc.culture.Singapore newsgroup. One Net surfer suspects that South Park is banned here because "it clashes with our Asian values". This
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    • 247 49  -  By Danny Khoo IN-FORM jockey Catherine Treymane looks the rider to follow at Ipoh this afternoon. The Kiwi hoop, who booted home three winners from just four rides last weekend, has seven rides today and at least four of them have winning chances. Among her top
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    • 370 49 Rapdancer (Race 9 No. 4) Mark Sestich seemed to have made his move a little too soon in the run home last week. If he shows more patience today, Rapdancer should call the tune sweetly. ■■v: Essence Of Deer (Race 7 No. 1) Will take some beating on
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    • 273 51  -  By Marc Tan FEW punters paid attention to Princess Golly when the Prince Echo mare stepped out in Race 7 at Ipoh yesterday. But those who kept faith with her race-rider, Kiwi jockey Catherine Treymane, were rewarded handsomely. For the Francis Nathan-trained four-year-old gave her 13 rivals
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    • 1049 52 PERAK TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT JOCKEYS Lee Soo Hin, Saifudin Ismail and Gopal Maniam incurred the wrath of the Perak stewards yesterday. Lee and Saifudin were ousted three race days while Gopal copped two race days. All three pleaded guilty to careless riding. RACE 1:
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    • 532 53  -  going to the ball History was made yesterday, when the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 90-82 —thus becoming the only eighth seed ever to make it to the NBA Finals with YVONNE LIM Ewing. WE should have known, six minutes left in the first half, when
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    • 81 53 THE New York Knicks meet the San Antonio Spurs in Game One of the best-of-seven NBA Finals this Thursday at 9am (Singapore time). It is the Knicks' second trip to the finals in 26 years. They lost the first in 1994 to the Houston Rockets. ROAD TO
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    • 333 53  -  FORMULA OWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: CANADIAN GRAND PRIX (TODAY) BY Peter Siow WHO will win the Formula One Grand Prix at Montreal today? Ferrari or McLaren? So far it is 3-2 in Ferrari's favour with 11 more races to go this season. But not for
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    • 70 53 DRIVERS'CHAMPIONSHIP I: M Schumacher 30 pts 2: M Hakkinen 24 3: E Irvine 21 4: H Frentzen 13 5; D Coulthard 12 CONSTRUCTORS' 1: Ferrari 51 pts 2: McLaren 36 3: Jordan 16 4: Williams 9 5: Benetton 8 FREE PRACTICE RESULTS 1: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari 1:19.281) 2:
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    • 654 54  -  PREMIER LEAGUE ?TRANSFER UPDATE Q Dvm What were the reasons given for Robbie Fowler's apparent desire to leave Liverpool? By Saw Tek Meng IT began with Nicolas Anelka signalling his intent to leave Arsenal for richer pastures. And ended with Robbie
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    • 297 54  -  LIVERPOOL BY Ian Brown IT'S widely reckoned that £30 million needs to be spent to make Liverpool a challenging force again. And Gerard Houllier has become the league's shopaholic as he reshapes his squad. Vitesse Arnhem goalkeeper Sander Westerweld will become Britain's most expensive goalkeeper when
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      194 54 THE nearly men have come up with their own initiative while sweating it out on the club's twice weekly exercise programme of swimming, cycling, tennis, running and stretching. Pay us £100,000 a man bonus for Championship success, £50,000 for the FA Cup or nothing if we fail. How will
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    • 215 54 ALEX Ferguson's signing of Villa Tceeper Mark Bosnich allowed him to head for a break in France and dream of how his horses are running. Arsene Wenger signed his Oleg Luzhny, 30, the Kiev skipper known as "the horse" on account of his athleticism. Luzhny, who plays right back
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    • 68 54 THE League Cup holder had its £6m bid for Emile Heskey rejected but is close to signing Wimbledon defender Chris Perry for £5.5m. Liverpool declined a Spurs bid for Oyvind Leonhardsen while Celtic striker Mark Viduka claims from Australia that he has been the subject of a £5m bid
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    • 115 54 ROY Keane is believed to be seeking a four-year £10m deal which would test the resolve of Utd's cash-conscious board. Lazio seems prepared to pay £19m, though it's likely Keane and United will reach a compromise. Somewhere in Alex Ferguson's in-tray is a sealed letter bearing an Italian
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    • 748 55  -  RAHUL PATHAK REPORTING FROM LONDON World Cup Cricket LUCK. A loser's word. A convenient balm that takes the sting out of defeat and robs the winner of his glory. In the arcane alphabet of sport, to call someone lucky is to meanly mumble: He doesn't
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    • 276 55 TODAY'S SUPER SIX ACTION: SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA AFP. SOUTH African captain Hansie Cronje needed just five words to dash any hopes Australia might have of an easy ride in its final Super Six match. "It might bite you back," said Cronje when
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    • 101 55 NEW Zealand seemed to be heading to victory in its Super Six match against India last night. Chasing India's total of 251 for the loss of six wickets from its 50 overs, New Zealand had reached 166 for three after 33 overs at press time. It needs to maintain
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    • 630 56  -  THE ROB HUGHES COLUMN STOP me if you have heard this but we Brits, who once had an empire, pride ourselves on inventing football and cricket. Okay, okay. So England dropped out of the Cricket World Cup, in our parish, before the South
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    • 234 56 ARE the French already in freefall? Is the champagne of a summer ago flat? Emmanuel Petit said last week that footballers are so over-played (at least I think he said played and not paid), so stressed, that some will turn to drugs to cope with it.
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    • 141 56 WATCH Marion Jones go this summer, and next. Nobody paid US$50 million ($85 million) for her, but she can transcend her event as Christian Vieri, the world's most expensive footballer, never will. Jones is the world's fastest lady. She was radiant when we met last week; she won
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    • 385 57  -  LION CITY CUP: SINGAPORE A 2 PERTH 3 Q Which Man U stars does Sulaiman model himself on? By Gerard Wong POOR defending proved costly for Singapore A yesterday. The Cubs crashed 2-3 to Perth in their opening Lion City Cup match at the Jalan Besar
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    • 209 57 SINGAPORE almost led 2-0 in the first seven minutes when Sulaiman Hashim had two shots well saved by Perth keeper Clint Davies. Instead, Perth took a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute when Mohamad Hazir Nasir was slow to reach the ball, allowing striker Al Liguan
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    • 368 57 I OPENING OF SYDNEY'S OLYMPIC STADIUM: AUSTRALIA 3 FIFA WORLD STARS 2 1 AFP. AUSTRALIA scored three times in the second half to beat the Fifa World Stars 3-2 in an exhibition match to officially open Sydney's Olympic stadium yesterday. In front of 88,101
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    • 763 58  -  HOME UNITED 1 Zolst Bucs 10th min Main sponsor Super Coffee Equipment sponsor Uhlsport TANJONG PAGAR 0 Main sponsor None Equipment sponsor Puma MARINE CASTLE 1 WOODLANDS 3 By S Gulam IN last night's other match, Woodlands Wellington continued its climb from the bottom of the table with
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